BARRINGTON — Roger Menear won the state representative race in District 25, which includes the towns of Lee and Barrington.

Menear, who received a total of 3,536 votes, ran against Republican Len Turcotte, who received 3,230 votes.

Menear, a Democrat, who appeared on the ballot by his official name H. Robert Menear, is a Lee resident and a semi-retired investment counselor. He has a master’s degree in kinesiology and in business administration.

Before the election, Menear said, “I see the most necessary people of our society, our teachers, our firefighters, our policemen being compromised with wage cuts. There are those who define them as the problem rather than the solution there are. I see our poor women unable to get life-saving health care. I see our beloved N.H. environment threatened by insensitive out-of-state interests. I see our infrastructure disintegrating. There are so many problems that cry out to be solved. And, yet there are few with the expertise in municipal finance to help solve these problems. It is my turn to step up to the plate.”

He said the biggest issue is having a well-financed, quality education system in the state.